Telehealth Year 1

Last Feb 1, officially marks my first year anniversary at the National Telehealth Center. In celebration of that, I would like to list down the top 3 things I love about the center.

1.) The domain of knowledge. Health Informatics, eHealth, telehealth, choose which one you want. It is a very exciting field and still has a lot of potential for growth specially in the Philippines. The center is at the forefront of pushing for electronic medical records, telehealth, standards for health, among many others. It has the potential to improve the delivery of health care by a large margin here in the Philippines.

2.) The people. The people I work with are very nice and I get along with them well. They are very hard working and are eager to learn new things. Working with people not necessarily within your domain (nurses and doctors) is the bomb. Multi-disciplinary teams are really the way to go. One time, a friend/officemate at my other job asked me why I was organizing a tour for my officemates at the center and not for them. I joked that it was because I am closer to my telehealth officemates.

3.) The boss. He is one of the most visionary people I know. The office is just not the same now that he has moved on so that he could fulfill a higher purpose. No, he did not die, he moved to a position of more influence so that he could push for the policies that just an academic institution like ours could not possibly make.

I see myself being with the center for at least another year. Here's to a great year ahead where we will be able to do more things to improve health care through the appropriate use of technology.